In two weeks, Fox ABC will debut a new animated comedy from Mike Judge called “The Goode Family.” It’s basically “King of the Hill” but with liberal douchebags instead of regular folk. From the show’s propaganda department:

True to their name, the Goodes are an infuriatingly smug and self-righteous bunch: a nuclear family that’s hell-bent on maintaining the world’s smallest footprint. Gerald and Helen Goode drive a hybrid and live by the tenet WWAGD (“What would Al Gore do?”). They’ve named their adopted African son Ubuntu (in a mix-up, he turned out to be white South African). They feed their pet vegan dog food (he sneaks out at night to eat woodland creatures).

It sounds like a good premise — there’s definitely a wealth of material to work with — but I’m not feeling it. I don’t know if it’s just the animation I don’t like, or if the humor’s too broad or what, but I’m giving it a thumbs-down. Hey, I’m a blogger, I get paid to rush to judgment. Megan Fox sex tape! Photoshopped! Simpsons did it!

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Not to be a Fussy Freddie, but the show is actually gonna be on ABC, not Fox.

I’m just sayin’….

05.14.09 at 2:15 pm

Matt

Nothing fussy-freddie about that; I appreciate the correction.

05.14.09 at 2:16 pm

ILovePaleHoseandPaleHos

I got the part where you wrote “Megan Fox sex tape” and I passed out, hit my head on the desk and just came to. Twice actually.

05.14.09 at 2:36 pm

FistfulOAwesome

Apparently Mike Judge decided to save on thought pollution by lobotomizing himself. Seriously, how can I get excited for this show if the most excitement he can muster is as if someone told him there’s fresh coffee in the break room.

05.14.09 at 2:38 pm

BuddyRepperton

I am so gonna watch this. It’s not porn? Never mind.

05.14.09 at 2:47 pm

Lenny

Only humor making fun of conservatives is funny. Comedy writers just don’t know how to make fun of liberals quite yet. See “An American Carol”. Actually don’t, its quite awful.

05.14.09 at 2:49 pm

Otto Man

It’s like they flipped the script on “American Dad.”

And no, that’s not a good thing.

05.14.09 at 2:57 pm

Zack

As a Mike Judge fan, I hope he proves you wrong. As a gambler, I would bet money that he fails to do so.